Waste is food

Waste is food

16 October 2015

The waste we discard does not disappear. That is impossible, because the Earth is a closed system. Our waste only seems invisible because we dilute it with water, cover it with earth or have the wind blow it away. But in the end, we cannot avoid encountering it again. In our drinking water, in the air we breathe, in our food and in our body. In this episode of Backlight designer William McDonough and chemist Michael Braungart discuss the solution to this problem: the principle of Waste = Food.